A Palestinian young man was shot and killed at the entrance of al-Khalil city on Friday afternoon after stabbing an Israeli soldier in the area.

The PIC reporter said that a Palestinian young man was killed after being shot by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration in defense of al-Aqsa Mosque.

During the demonstration, a Palestinian young man wearing a yellow vest marked 'PRESS' approached the Israeli soldiers and stabbed one of them before being immediately shot and killed, the PIC reporter said.The Israeli soldier was transferred to hospital suffering from moderate wounds in his hand and neck.

A Palestinian news crew from Al-Quds TV captured the incident while reporting live in the area, with footage showing Israeli forces surrounding a Palestinian man lying injured on the ground and appearing to open fire.

Israeli forces then opened fire multiple times towards the demonstrators and assaulted Palestinian journalists in the area attempting to cover the incident, threatening that they would open fire at them if they did not leave the area.

Immediately after the incident, violent clashes broke out int the area.

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man near the illegal Kiryat Arba settlement in Hebron, Friday, after he allegedly stabbed a soldier in the area.

A Palestinian news crew from Al-Quds TV captured the incident while reporting live in the area, with footage showing Israeli forces surrounding a Palestinian man lying injured on the ground and appearing to open fire.

Israel's army said a soldier was stabbed and moderately wounded by an assailant disguised as a "news photographer".

A journalist who witnessed the incident told Ma'an News Agency that he saw a man wearing a yellow vest marked 'PRESS' stabbing an Israeli soldier.

Israeli forces then opened fire multiple times, with another soldier reportedly injured by friendly fire during the incident.

The attacker was identified asEyad Khalil Awawdeh, 26, from the Hebron district town of Dura.

The Foreign Press Association released a statement following the incident deploring the "violation of press privilege" and called on Palestinian media to verify all media credentials to prevent violations. Israeli forces assaulted Palestinian journalists in the area attempting to cover the incident, threatening that they would open fire unless they left.

Locals said Israeli soldiers prevented the Red Crescent from reaching the area to treat the man.

Hebron clashes

Shortly after Friday's stabbing, clashes broke out at the northern entrance of Hebron, Ras al-Jura, between Palestinian youth and Israeli forces, leaving at least nine Palestinians injured by live Israeli fire, 11 with rubber-coated steel bullets, and 45 with tear gas.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said that injured were also evacuated from Beit Einun area in northeastern Hebron, adding that a Palestinian ambulance was targeted during clashes, lightly injuring medics.

Witnesses said that hundreds of youths threw rocks at forces deployed at the Halhul bridge while soldiers responded with live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets, tear-gas bombs, and stun grenades.

The clashes broke out during a march called for by the political, national, and Islamic forces of the Hebron district that set off from a mosque in the area.

Protesters called slogans for resisting Israel and Israeli settlers, supporting the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem, and demanding national unity.

Clashes also erupted at the northern entrance of the nearby town of Beit Ummar where hundreds of Palestinian youths threw rocks at an Israeli military checkpoint set up at the town’s entrance. Eight Palestinians were injured, two with live fire during the clashes.

Yasin Adel Ahmad Mtallaq Za'aqeeq,11, was shot with a live bullet in the left ankle, and Amir Shawkat Abd al-Rahman Alqam, 20, was shot in the left elbow. They were taken to a hospital in Hebron via alternate routes after Israeli forces closed the village entrance, spokesman for the popular resistance committee in the village, Muhammad Ayyad Awad, said.

Six others were injured with rubber-coated steel bullets and were treated on the scene, while Basil Jamal Mohammad Breigheth,17, and Tariq Nasir Hilmi Abu Ayyash,16, were detained by Israeli forces.

Awad added that Israeli forces sprayed homes in the village with skunk water.

An Israeli army spokesperson did not have immediate comment on Hebron-area clashes. The Hebron area is one of several across the occupied West Bank that has seen increasing clashes and attacks in recent weeks.

Last Friday, Muhammad Fares Abdullah al-Jaabari, 19, was shot dead in the illegal Kiryat Arba settlement after stabbing an Israeli border policeman. Israeli settlers carried out attacks on Palestinians in the Hebron area following the incident.

Earlier this week Israeli forces raided homes in Hebron belonging to the families of three Palestinians killed after carrying out alleged attacks. The raids came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for punitive demolitions for the family homes of suspected attackers. As tensions rise across the occupied Palestinian territory, over a thousand have been injured by Israeli live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets in the past two weeks.

Rights group have called on the Israeli government to halt widespread use of excessive force and collective punishment of Palestinians across the area.

The photo of the child Ahmed Manasra,13, lying in one of the Israeli hospital beds and receiving treatment, which the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) broadcasted in an attempt to brighten its criminal image, will never replace the painful scenes of Ahmad with the settlers around him cursing and enjoying his suffering.

Mahmoud Manasra, a relative of the boy, Ahmed, told the PIC reporter: "Ahmed appeared confident in the photo broadcasted by the occupation despite his wounds, raising his index finger in defiance of occupation, proving that all the practices of the occupation will not deter even children, such as Ahmad, from getting back their freedom”.

Izz al-Din Mahmoud, from Ramallah, commented on the photo by saying that the Israeli intelligence allowed the publication of the photo to refute Palestinian claims that Ahmed was executed, but the IOA forgot that the video that showed how the settlers enjoyed seeing the Palestinian child suffering of his serious wounds was more terrible than the shooting itself.

He continued: "The large amount of food that appears in the photo does not fit a wounded child, the goal of which is public relations and an attempt to beautify the ugly criminal image of the occupation; in order to alleviate the impact of the first photos of Ahmad”.

Buthaina Jamil, from Nablus, pointed out in a Facebook remark that Ahmad's right hand was cuffed in the photo, which indicated that he was in constant pain and that the IOA was void of any sense of morality.

Abdul Jalil Hammouda, from Ramallah, criticized the Palestinian leaders, saying that, sons of the leaders of the PA (Palestinian Authority) are enjoying themselves abroad, while Ahmed proved that the real Palestinian fears for his homeland rather than his own interests.

At least 36 Palestinians were abducted overnight and Wednesday, while four others were summoned by Israeli forces from various West Bank districts, according to local sources.

WAFA correspondence reports that at least 20 Palestinians were detained by Israeli police from Jerusalem, 12 others from Hebron district, two others from Tulkarem city and two others from Jenin district.

Israeli police also raided the neighborhood of Jabal al-Zaytoun and Shuafat refugee camp, where five Palestinian minors were taken into custody. They were identified as 15-year-old girl Shuruq Mazaru, Mustafa Abdin, 14, Mahmoud Abul-Hawa, Ibrahim Hadra, and Omar Abu-Madi.

Police also took a minor in Jerusalem’s Old City. He was identified as Omar Muna.

Meanwhile in Hebron district, Israeli forces stormed the city and the nearby towns of Bani Na’im and Dora, and abducted four Palestinians identified as Asem Abu-Esheh, 19, Jihad Abu-Skout, 20, Yasser Masharqa, 20, and Hussein Shahatit.

The army also stormed the nearby al-Arroub refugee camp and detained five Palestinians after raiding their homes and sabotaging their furniture.

Several hours later, forces kidnapped another Palestinian in the Hebron town of Surif, after brutally assaulting him during a new round of clashes. The detainee was identified as Omar al-Hih.

Another Palestinian was reportedly taken and several others were physically assaulted by Israeli forces in the vicinity of al-‘Arrub College in the city. ‘Abdullah Mhaisin, 20, a college student, was detained while making his way out of the college. Israeli forces abducted another Palestinian from the city. He was identified as Taleb Abu Sneina, 23.

Meanwhile in Tulkarem city, Israeli soldiers abducted two Palestinians after raiding their homes and sabotaging furniture. The two were identified as Zeyad Abu-Zanat, 23, and Muhannad Hamshari, 24.

Meanwhile, two young Palestinians were reportedly detained by Israeli police purportedly for working in Israel without work permits.

The detainees, identified as Farid ‘Alawneh and ‘Awad Khaliliya, are from the Jenin town of Jaba‘.

Meanwhile in Nablus district, they army stormed the towns of Beit Furik and Asira esh-Shamaliya and summoned four Palestinians to appear for interrogation.

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) violently stormed the home of the child Ahmed Manasra, 13, who was suspected for allegedly stabbing a number of Israeli settlers on Sunday, and brutally attacked his brother.

Ibrahim Manasra, 17, was severely beaten with rifle butts in his face, chest, and hands after nearly 50 Israeli soldiers stormed the family home in Beit Hanina in occupied Jerusalem.

All the family members were detained in one single room while Israeli forces searched the whole 6-storey building. Ibrahim suffered severe fractures and bruises all over his body during the attack.

He was then arrested and brought to court which extended his arrest till next Thursday under the pretext of “posing a threat to Israeli security” despite his young age.

During the court session, the Israeli police officer claimed that Ibrahim tried to steal an Israeli soldier’s gun during the raid.

However, Ibrahim’s lawyer affirmed that no one can believe that a 17-year-old boy could attack 50 members of Israeli Special Forces all together.

However, the Israeli judge ordered to extend his arrest till next Thursday.

Update: After the family was unable to locate the missing girls, they contacted the Israeli police. The police told the family that the girls had been arrested and were in custody.

The police had made no effort to contact the family in the 12 hours they had been in custody. The girls were held at al-Qashla Interrogation Centre in Jerusalem. The two sisters were not charged with any crime, but police refused to release them.

After a crowd gathered outside the police station chanting for their release, the Israeli police eventually released them.

Two Palestinian teenage girls from Jerusalem’s old city were reported missing by their family on Tuesday midday.

According to Palestinian sources, 16-year-old Abeer Al Majed and her 14-year-old sister Wafa’ went missing on Tuesday afternoon.

Residents and family members are looking for the two girls and issued statements on social media networks calling for help in the search effort.

The family fears the worse that the two teenagers have been kidnapped by Israeli radical settlers group.

The family said that their search effort is being delayed by Israeli imposed restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in Jerusalem.

According to local media sources the father of Abeer and Wafa’ suffered a nervous breakdown and had to be moved to hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile their mother was called in for questioning by the Israeli police.

In July 2 2014 a group of three Israeli radical settlers kidnapped and killed Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a 19 year-old Palestinian from Beit Haninna town in East Jerusalem.

Abu Khdier was later beaten and burnt while still alive. The Israeli police did not look for the settlers who kidnapped Abu Khdeir even though the family gave the police a copy of a video from a private security camera showing the settlers and their car.

Just few days after Abu Khdier death, his cousin, an American-Palestinian 15-year old, was beaten up by Israeli soldiers. The attack was caught on camera.

Israeli forces pummeled Palestinian children going to school near Salimeh & Queitun checkpoints in Hebron with a total of 19 rounds of tear-gas and one stun grenade fired.

The onslaught began at 7:41 am when a crowd of children could be heard playing noisily in the street near several primary schools. Suddenly their laughter turned to screams and the sound of running and gunfire as the first canisters were shot and could be seen flying over the crowd with their white streams of gas.

The children scattered, many towards an adjacent street near Queitun checkpoint, where they milled around or walked back and forth, joking with each other in between being attacked with a total of 14 more canisters on that side and 3 more on the side where the first shot was fired. Israeli forces went so far as to fire at least one shot directly into an enclosed school yard where two children, ages 11 and 14, were injured to the point of requiring treatment by ambulance.

Teachers and school administrators on the scene report that this is a near-daily occurrence, which is echoed by the number of children who exhibited the normal physical symptoms of exposure to tear-gas, but appeared undeterred from their daily business as though hardened soldiers.

Of course they are not soldiers at all, but mostly pubescent and pre-pubescent children who are being displaced from any normal sense of peace and from their natural role as students by constant threats to their lives and safety. For these Palestinian youths, childhood is another of many precious things being stolen, occupied, or destroyed by Israeli Forces and the Zionist government.

Within the last week, use of tear-gas in attacks on children on their routes to school has sharply increased in Hebron, spiking so far at a blistering 35 total canisters and/or grenades shot at children within a few hours in a tiny area heavily populated with schools. It is illegal and dangerous to shoot tear gas into an enclosed schoolyard, and this incident is just one example of a recent trend in brutality against Palestinians that includes fraudulent arrests, intense harassment, beatings, chemical weapons, murder, or all of the above, but does not include any recourse for Palestinians victimized by these forms of violence, or any consequence whatsoever for its perpetrators.

“Die, you son of a whore!! Die!!” shouted Israeli men at a seriously wounded Palestinian child, who was left to die while police stood around him doing nothing. One of the officers repeatedly pushed the boy down with his foot, whenever he tried to sit up.

While the child was bleeding to death, Israelis surrounded him, shouting at him in a mix of Arabic and Hebrew, “Die, you son of a whore!”, “Die, you son of the biggest whore!”, and telling the police to “Do him a favor, and shoot him in the head!”

The officers did not shoot him, but left him bleeding with head injuries, broken legs and other serious injuries on the ground. The boy was able to raise his head a few times, but the police officers kicked him back down until he bled to death.

The slain Palestinian child has been identified as Hasan Khaled Manasra, 15 years of age, while his cousin Ahmad Saleh Manasra, 13, suffered a serious injury. They are both from Beit Hanina, in Jerusalem.

Ahmad Saleh Manasra 13, alive and in jail

The incident took place near Pisgat Zeev Israeli settlement, in occupied Jerusalem. The police claimed that the boys stabbed two settlers, wounding them.

A settler who chased the boys with his car also rammed Ahmad. But the police presented no evidence to connect the two children with the crime that they claimed the boys committed.

The following are some of the insults and curses hurled at the seriously wounded child before he died (warning: strong language):

“Die you fucker, die you son of a whore, die you son of a bitch…”“Shoot him in the head, this son of a bitch”“Die you son of a whore”“Die you son of a bitch”“Shoot him in the head, shoot him in the head!”“Shoot him in the head, do him a favor”

The police eventually approached the Israelis, including the one who apparently was filming, and “asked them not to approach.”

Palestinian Presidency spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rodeina, said the execution of the child is an ugly Israeli crime committed by Israel in violation of every legal and humanitarian law, and demanded the apprehension of those responsible for his death.

He added that “If Israel continues its policies and violations, the entire region will reach a situation that cannot be contained, and everybody will pay a high price for that.”

Since October 1st, when two Israelis were killed in a ‘lone wolf’ attack by a Palestinian in Jerusalem, 26 Palestinians have been killed, including a pregnant woman and her two-year old child killed in an Israeli bombing on Sunday morning. Over 1200 Palestinians have been injured, many of them hit by live ammunition fired by Israeli troops at Palestinian demonstrators armed only with stones.

During that time period, no Israelis have been killed beyond the two who died in the October 1st attack, but six have been wounded in alleged attacks by Palestinians. No Palestinian faction has claimed responsibility for any attack, and it appears that the Palestinians who wounded Israelis were acting on their own.

In addition, Israeli authorities have been revealed on several occasions to have lied about the Palestinians they have killed – claiming falsely that the Palestinians had been attempting to stab or attack Israelis, but eyewitness and video evidence disproved this claim in a number of cases.

Israeli soldiers invaded, late at night Sunday and on Monday at dawn, several Palestinian communities in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, stormed and ransacked dozens of homes and kidnapped thirty Palestinians.

The soldiers invaded, at dawn Monday, the town of 'Atteel, in the northern West Bank district of Tulkarem, broke into and ransacked dozens of homes, and kidnapped thirteen Palestinians.

Eyewitnesses said dozens of military jeeps invaded the town, after surrounding it, and that the soldiers smashed the doors of the invaded homes, before breaking into them.

The soldiers also invaded Jabal al-Mokabber neighborhood, southeast of Jerusalem and kidnapped Ahmad Jaber, 17, while on Sunday at night, they kidnapped Mohammad al-Maghrebi, 14, in Jabal az-Zeitoun, and Bakr ‘Oweis, 17, in Ras al-‘Amoud in Silwan.

In addition, dozens of soldiers invaded the southern West Bank city of Hebron, searched and ransacked homes, and kidnapped four young Palestinians identified as Anas Sami an-Natsha, 18, Shadi Mahmoud Qfeisha, 20, Islam Ghanem, 20, and Kifah Khader Eskafi.

They also invaded the at-Tabaqa village, south of Hebron, and kidnapped Haitham Yousef Abu Atawna, 20 years of age.

In addition, soldiers invaded various neighborhoods in Hebron city, and the towns of Surif, Doura and ath-Thaheriyya, and installed several roadblocks, especially on roads leading to Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, in addition to Hebron’s northern road, before searching dozens of cars and inspecting the ID cards of the passengers.

On Sunday at night, the soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and kidnapped a Palestinian identified as Musleh Ali Awad, 33.

In related news, clashes took place on Monday morning near the 'Atara Israeli military roadblock, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing many residents, including schoolchildren, to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.

Clashes also took place in Birzeit, near Ramallah, after the soldiers assaulted dozens of protesters.

An arbitrary mass-abduction campaign launched by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) across West Bank provinces and Occupied Jerusalem overnight Sunday and at predawn time Monday culminated in the abduction of 67 Palestinian civilians.

The Ahrar Center for Prisoner Studies and Human Rights said 22 Palestinian citizens were kidnapped by the IOF from Jerusalem’s town of Silwan, near the holy al-Aqsa Mosque. Another young man, identified as Mohamed Khalayleh was kidnapped from Jabal al-Mukbir, in Occupied Jerusalem.

A round of arbitrary home break-ins in the West Bank province of Tulkarem resulted in the arrest of 13 Palestinian citizens.

Some 11 more others were detained in Ramallah’s town of Silwad. Two more citizens were kidnapped from Nablus city and three others, including the two 14-year-old school girls Somaya Abu Turki and Hala Abu Daoud, from al-Khalil.

Israeli forces, Sunday, abducted four Palestinians from the West Bank district of Hebron, according to local sources.

WAFA correspondence said that Israeli forces deployed in the vicinity of al-Ibrahimi mosque detained two female school students on their way home from school.

The students, who were identified as Sumaya Abu Turkey, and Hala Abu Dauod, both aged 14, were led by army soldiers to an Israeli military center there.

Meanwhile, forces kidnapped two Palestinians from the town of Beit Ummar to the north, following clashes that erupted with Israeli forces in the town.

Coordinator of the popular committee against the wall and settlements, Mohammed Awad, identified one of the detainees as Odeh al-Alami, 20, while the other detainee’s identity remains unknown until the moment.

Earlier Sunday, Israeli police detained five Palestinian workers while they were present at their workplaces inside the 1948 land, citing unpermitted entry to Israel as a pretext. The five were identified as Rami Abu-Arra, 18, Ali Abu-Arra, 22, Ehab Sawafta, 22, and Hassan Abu-Arra, 24, and Hosni Saeed Khalilia.

Netanyahu said his government is preparing for massive protests that could spread through the country, and vowed that his government would use all available means to stop the protests.

Palestinian citizens of Israel make up 20% of the population of Israel, but they experience discrimination under more than fifty Israeli laws, and say that they are considered second class citizens because of these laws.

The Arabs48 news website reported that the Israeli police arrested at least 10 Palestinians in Um al-Fahem, following extensive clashes that took place on Friday and Saturday. In addition, a child was shot with rubber-coated steel bullets during the protests.

The news site added that the police also arrested ten more Palestinians in the eastern neighborhood of Nazareth, and that two of the abductees were shot and injured prior to their arrest.

Dozens of soldiers were deployed in the Eastern Neighborhood in Nazareth, following extensive clashes between the police and the Palestinian youth in the neighborhood. Local sources reported that soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the citizens.

The Palestinians said they are protesting the Israeli escalation against the Palestinian people, and that they are an important part of the Palestinian society. They told reporters that they are protesting in order to show support for their brothers and sisters in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and Jerusalem.

Dozens also gathered in the Al-Ein Square in Nazareth protesting the ongoing arrests, and the excessive use of force by the police and the soldiers, especially after the police arrested five young men from the Eastern Neighborhood.

The police also closed the main road in Um al-Fahem, and attacked dozens of drivers, before kidnapping several Palestinians.

At least four more Palestinians were taken prisoner during protests in Ramla, during a protest against the ongoing and escalating Israeli violations against the Palestinians in different parts of the country, and violations against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.

The police also assaulted several detained Palestinians in various Police stations; they attacked them with clubs and batons, in addition to kicking them while handcuffed.

Lawyer Jamil Jabarin said the police also broke the prescription eyeglasses of one of the detainees, after repeatedly beating and kicking him while in police car and in custody.

Although most of those taken prisoner in the village are minors, Israel imprisons minors in adult facilities and often denies their parents access to the children.

Dozens of police and army vehicles also invaded Kafr Kannna, and sprayed the protesters with wastewater mixed with chemicals, in addition to firing rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs. They also arrested several citizens, and violently assaulted them.

The Israeli police also arrested at least two in Wadi ‘Ara, and repeatedly assaulted them while holding them in the police station.